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Mettis, Kadri; Väljataga, Terje; Uus, Õnne – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
Using mobile technologies in education has a lot of potential to take learners outside of their regular classrooms and mediate learning scenarios that are related to real-life situations. Mobile outdoor learning could help students to establish connections between learned concepts and their everyday life. To find out if mobile outdoor learning…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Outdoor Education, Concept Formation
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Gezgin, Deniz Mertkan; Gurbuz, Fatmagul; Barburoglu, Yusuf – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
This research aims to examine the relationship between high school students' reading habits and their smartphone addiction level. The sample consisted of 512 high school students studying in various private schools located in Turkish cities of Istanbul and Edirne. High school students were included in the study using the convenience sampling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Gajdics, Janka; Jagodics, Balázs – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2022
Mobile phones are important for people, especially for young adults and adolescents. As people tend to form attachments to not only social partners, but inanimate targets as well, mobile devices can become important objects that provide safety and security. This could lead to separation anxiety, also known as "nomophobia". Constant need…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Separation Anxiety, Learner Engagement, Habit Formation
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Al-Furaih, Suad A. A.; Al-Awidi, Hamed M. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
The current study investigated change readiness for smartphone technology among 610 secondary school teachers in Kuwait. We assessed teachers' readiness to adopt smartphones as instructional tools, with respect to their personal concerns, technological competency and personal characteristics. We implemented a quantitative survey design,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, Handheld Devices, Technological Literacy
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Kumcagiz, Hatice – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
The aim of the present study was to investigate quality of life (QL) as a predictor of smartphone addiction risk among Turkish adolescents. In line with this purpose, a total of 352 high school students (153 males and 199 females) completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and a Smartphone Addiction Scale during the 2015-2016 academic year.…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Risk, Addictive Behavior, Telecommunications